Roguelike
Void Bastards Gets a Launch Date
Get ready, here come the bastards! Today. Humble Bundle announced an official release date for Void Bastards, the cel-shaded, roguelike, FPS from Blue Manchu and directed by Jonathan Chey.
Void Bastards – Roguelike FPS – Announced By Humble Bundle
Is announcing a game on a weekend a sign of humility, or total confidence that your announcement isn’t going to be lost in the shuffle of weekend events when no one is paying attention to the news? I don’t know, but I’m betting that Humble Bundle was going with the latter option when they released the news of Void Bastards on a quiet Saturday afternoon.
To Hell with Hell – Retro-Roguelike Announced by Lazurite Games and Deck13
Ready to cancel an apocalypse? Developer Lazurite Games and publisher Deck13 sure hope so, as they’ve announced their new bullet-hell roguelike shooter To Hell with Hell today in Franfurt, Germany. Players will slip into the high-heels of Natasia, a stripper on her way to work when all hell breaks loose – literally.
Chasm PAX East Hands-On Preview
Back in the days of my youth, I would spend a lot of days on sites like Miniclip, Nitrome, or OneMoreLevel. It was on those sites that I first encountered the pixel art style in gaming. Before that point, I had only come across them in arcades and other such establishments. And yet, I was hooked. I spent countless days fettering my summer afternoons in devotion to these pixel arcade games.
I Hate Running Backwards PAX East Preview
Take a cast of characters culled from some of the all-time classic, old-school difficulty action games. Throw them into a vertically scrolling bullet hell. Make them progress by doing the one thing that’s totally counterintuitive in normal SHMUPS: run backwards. That’s the formula for I Hate Running Backwards, and it works shockingly well.
We Previewed Last Encounter at PAX East, Now The Game is Available on Steam
Available today for everyone on Steam, Last Encounter is a top-down, twin-stick shooter with heavy weapon customization and a few roguelike influences. I got a chance to go hands-on with the game this year at PAX East, and garner a few impressions ahead of today’s PC launch.
Dungeon Stars PAX Preview
One of the other games that caught my eye at PAX East was Dungeon Stars, a new Roguelite (or is that Roguelike-like?) from indie developer and publisher Furnace Games and Riposte Games & Co.
The Void Rains Upon Her Heart Preview (Steam)
Peanut Butter and Chocolate. Milk and Cookies. Beer and Curling. All great combinations that go great together. It turns out that SHMUPs and roguelikes are another great examples, two great game styles that blend great together.
Ambition: A Minuet in Power Launches Kickstarter
Readers may remember our previous coverage of indie romance roguelike Ambition: A Minuet in Power, and the note that developer Joy Manufacturing Co. was planning a Kickstarter to help fund development. The day has finally come, and the game’s Kickstarter page is now live, along with a tasty new trailer video.
Rockfish Games Announces Major Everspace Expansion
We really enjoyed our time earlier this year with space combat/roguelike game Everspace. Now developer Rockfish Games has announced a major expansion, featuring new content, more story, and and a 4k visual upgrade for Xbox One X owners!
Ambition: A Minuet in Power Announced
Peanut butter and chocolate. Ice cream and summer evenings. Motorcycles and twisty roads. All great things that go great together. How about Roguelikes and dating sims? That’s exactly what newly founded indie studio Joy Manufacturing Co. aims to accomplish with their debut title Ambition: A Minuet in Power.
Everspace Review (Xbox One)
I had made it to Sector 2 with seconds to spare, a wave of alien fighters hot on my tail. I’d lost my pursuers in the jump, but with failing life support and a hull damaged in more places than I cared to count, I was in serious need of repairs. A derelict shipwreck promised a chance for the materials I needed to fix my damaged ship, but that’s when a scavenger and two drone fighters ju...[Read More]